Table saw advice pls.

[sarabande]

I have quite a lot of wood working to do on the boat, the hydro station, and at home over the winter, and the big machinery at the mill is 15 miles away. Looking at some of the table saws on Amazon, I have my doubts about the ability of anything less than a couple of hundred quid to make acceptably precise and repeatable cuts. A site saw would not make me happy.

I need rise and fall, tilt, and good slots/mitre/bevel, plus good dust extraction.


Any suggestions, please ? Axminster ? Or a second hand Dewalt ?


Do the multi-purpose tables (e.g. saw plus router) like Triton make too many compromises for flexibility ?

 

[Charlie Boy]

I watch with interest. ?

 

[markspark7]

Dewalt all day long. Spend a bit more and get the flip over one that doubles up as a mitre saw as well
DEWALT FLIP SAW D27105 110V | eBay

 

[Charlie Boy]

And that’s the USED price!
edit, no longer available new

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

I watch with interest. ?

Me too. I've got a basic Makita, but would like to upgrade to a saw combined with planer thicknesser if anyone has good ideas. As with @sarabande , quality and dust extraction are high on my list.

 

[Stemar]

I have a basic saw. The supplied mitre and ripping guides are pretty rubbish, but with a bit of ingenuity, I've made it capable of fairly accurate cuts. Not the 0.1mm precision of the saws at my son's work (>£10K's worth ) , but the thickness of a pencil line in most instances. A lot of that accuracy comes from throwing away the supplied blade and buying a good carbide tipped blade, and there are plenty of suggestions for making accurate guides on Youtube.

The bigger the table the better, BTW.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Don't skimp on the power of the saw particular if you are cutting hard wood as I did when doing the woodwork on my boat

I have had several ryobi table saws and all have burned out due to over work.

The issue is as always duty cycle.

I fitted a 3.5 Kw hand power saw to one of my old ryobi table saw

I also have a combination woodworking machine like below that can do various functions like sawing and planing/thicknessing and a standard motor can be fitted with higher power if necessary

MAC AFRIC ML393D Multiple use Woodworking Machine | Adendorff Machinery Mart

 

[TernVI]

First you need a big workshop to put it in the middle of.....

 

[Hunterlees]

An ELU TGS173 flip saw second hand would be a good buy. ELU were taken over by Dewalt and the quality declined.
around £150 on ebay.
I have one and it is very precise.